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[quote]So where do you draw the line between 'work for God' and 'work for people'? Sometimes it is clearly defined, sometimes it is not.

In case of charity it is defined that it should start with the nearest one to you who is needy:

2.215: They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, -Allah knoweth it well.

Similar injunctions can be found all over the holy Quran.

But what do you do when it is not so clearly defined:

1-Miss your prayer to open the door to someone waiting at the gate in the rain, or continue to pray while he waits.
2-Expect wife to take care of chilren at night and the house while you spend the night in the masjid praying every other day.
3-Spend your annual vacation days travelling with the tableeghi jamaat while your family stays at home.
4-Leaving your family with no means of support while you go in a foreign land for jihaad.

The religious zealot is clearly doing whatever he is doing for the sake of Allah, but do you think he could gain more reward by looking after the people he is incharge of rather than worshipping Allah?

There is the example of the person whom the prophet asked to take care of his weak parents instead of going for jihad. And there are other hadith about the woman who spent all her time worshipping and he asked her to not do it too much, and the newly married man who would fast in the day and pray all night and not spend much time with his new wife.

What do we conclude from all this?[/quote]

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